Michael J. Anthony ’85 was named to head Santander Bank’s newly formed Direct Private Investment Practice.  Mr. Anthony, who brings over 20 years of experience in alternative investments and family office consulting to Santander Bank, is based in Boston.  Prior to joining Santander, he served as the director and global head of the family office practice group at Citizens Bank.  He also is a founding member and managing director at Boston Family Office Consultants, a firm started by industry professionals that connects single family offices with alternative investment opportunities.

Bruce Lubin ’75, ’77 MBA has been named Chairman of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, which represents 1,000 member organizations that employ 400,000 people and create more than $24 billion in annual revenue in the Chicago region.  Mr. Lubin is the Executive Managing Director and President of Illinois Commercial and Specialty Banking at CBIC Bank USA.

Michelle M. White ’05 MBA has been named Vice President of Client Management at Colonial Life. In her new role, White oversees more than 90,000 existing employer client relationships. Prior to joining Colonial Life, Ms. White served as an associate in the Professional Development Program with Unum Group, Colonial Life’s parent company, and as an operations analyst at Unum US.

Genevieve C. Stimpson ’18 has joined MahoneySabol, a regional certified public accounting firm with locations in Glastonbury, Middletown and Essex. Ms. Stimpson will serve as a Staff Accountant-Audit.

Michael C. Pelletier ’98 was named Chief Innovation Officer at BlumShapiro and is helping to move the largest New England-based accounting shop into the future. Mr. Pelletier leverages fast-advancing technology that can help deliver core services more quickly and efficiently, and process client data in search of new insights that can help decision-making. Under Mr. Pelletier’s management, the firm developed a program that uses machine learning to analyze historical data and other variables to help manufacturing clients more accurately forecast their parts-inventory needs in real time, so that they don’t leave excess capital sitting on a storeroom shelf, but also don’t run out.

John W. Mahoney ’89 JD has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Claim Officer at IFG Companies in Hartford.  Mr. Mahoney will be responsible for managing IFG’s nationwide claims organization while serving as a member of the Company’s overall Senior Leadership Team.  Mr. Mahoney comes to IFG with over 20 years of demonstrated success in a variety of claim leadership roles.  He began his career practicing law in the litigation practice of Hebb & Gitlin and Shipman & Goodwin.  Most recently, he spent the last ten years in a variety of claim leadership positions at Zurich North America.

Jess (Hoffman) Moran ’14 MBA was promoted to Senior Vice President within the Consumer Banking & Merrill Edge Business Integration team. Upon graduation from UConn, Ms. Moran joined the Bank of America Consumer Banking Leadership Development Program. Following this two year program, she joined Business Integration, where she serves as a consultant across the various lines of business within the Consumer Bank.

Eric Cernak ’04 MBA has been appointed by The Hanover Insurance Group to lead its cyber practice.  In this role, Mr. Cernak is responsible for overseeing The Hanover’s corporate cyber strategy across all of its commercial lines and specialty business, to ensure a cohesive offering of products and services for the company’s independent insurance agent partners.

Crystal A. Germanese ’02 has been appointed as the Managing Director in the Greenwich, Connecticut, office of Andersen Tax, joining the firm’s Private Client Services practice.  Ms. Germanese has over 15 years of experience and specializes in serving closely held businesses and high net worth individuals on tax matters ranging from income tax planning, compliance, specialized transactions, and family wewalth and tax planning.  Before joining Andersen Tax, Ms. Germanese was a partner at Blum Shapiro & Company, P.C.

Daniel S. Frey ’86 has been appointed as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The Travelers Companies, Inc.  Mr. Frey brings to his new role more than three decades of finance and accounting experience.  Prior to his current role, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the company’s Claim and Field Management organizations.  Prior to joining Travelers, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Spalding Sports Worldwide.